Computer blocked by Spanish Police and Interpol? Read more in this article to figure it out and use the removal guide to get rid of this infection completely.

Spanish Police virus is one of the Interpol ransomwareinfections wide-spread in Europe and America. From the ransomware family Urausy, this infection infiltrates the Windows machine with potential system vulnerabilities. Once sneaks in, it will block the entire Windows and display a lock screen to pretend the notification is from the Spanish Police authority and Interpol, however, it is not and it just scams on users by doing this way. Be aware.

The lock screen of Spanish Police virus

This ransomware localizes its notification in Spanish to attack users in Spanish-speaking areas with the old ransom tricks: take the system and scare the victim users into believing that their computer is blocked due to the involvement in illegal online activities like spreading pornographic materials or copyrighted contents and so on. Thus you have to pay a fine via Paysafecard or Ukash in order to unlock the computer and be jail-free.

Regardless of the crafted background and precise law-violation articles, this notification faked to be from Spanish Police and Interpol has nothing to do with the legal agency. It is just visible part of the ransomware infection for online money-swindle scam. Ignore the warning and get rid of it upon sight using below removal guide.

Symptoms

1. Once infected, the Windows is configured to start it automatically when the computer starts.

2. Once started, there will come up a lock screen that bearing the logos of Spanish Police and Interpol, saying that your computer has been blocked due to some safety reasons associated with online illegal activities.

3. If you try to reboot the system to safe mode operation for troubleshooting, then you will fail in most cases since the safe mode running is forbidden as well due to the infection.

Distribution

Typically, a computer would get infected with this rasnomware when you are browsing web sites that have been hacked to contain exploit kits which will then use vulnerabilities found on your computer to install the infection without your permission or knowledge. Once installed, the Spanish Police Ransomware will start automatically when you login to your computer and will then display the above screen locker so that you are unable to access your system.

Besides, this ransomware can also be distributed through spam email with embedded malicious links or attachments, as well as on infected peer-to-peer shared files.

Precaution:

> 1. Timely update the Windows with the latest patches released by Microsoft.
> 2. Update all installed software to latest version for security consideration.
> 3. Use caution when surfing online. Basically you are supposed to ensure turn on the security features of your web browser. See detailed instructions to turn on Security Features of IE, firefox and Chrome.
> 4. Take care when opening a link or an attachment in an email from unknown people.
> 5. Regardless of all, the best bet to protect computer is still security programs like Antivirus and antimalware. Please note that no security program can be against 100% threats and thus you may need a supplement one if you already have a trusted antivirus. Here we recommend you the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender for that security purpose. Check it out for more by downloading and using:www.dotfab.com/download_asd.html

>6. To surf online safer, we would like to let you know this Anvi Ad Blocker which can block and filter most malicious websites and risky ads that are two of most used ways to spread malware infections.

Deny Flash

Most ransomware exploits Java or Flash vulnerabilities to load the malicious code. In some cases denying or disabling flash on your system may suspend some of the Spanish Police Virus ransomware and enable the user to navigate through the infected system.

If this not a necessity for removal, skip to the removal options below these steps. To disable (deny) flash

This method is the final solution for deep infection that you computer system is totally blocked from even the safe mode running or all system restore points are deleted by the infection.

Removal Option 1-Safe Mode with Command Prompt Restore

Step 1> Launch your PC into Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Remove all floppy disks, CDs and DVDs from your computer, and restart. During the start, keep pressing F8 key till the Advanced Windows Options Menu shows up and then use the arrow key on the keyboard to highlight the Safe Mode with Command Prompt option and then press Enter. See detailed instructions on how to boot Windows to Safe Mode

Note: make sure you login your computer with administrative privileges. (login as admin)

Step 2> Type explorer to access

Once the Command Prompt window appears you only have few seconds to type “explorer” and hit Enter. If you fail to do so within 2-3 seconds, the ransomware virus will not allow you to type anymore.

Step >3 Once Windows Explorer shows up browse to:

Win XP:C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and press Enter

Win Vista/7/8: C:\windows\system32\rstrui.exe and press Enter

Step 4> Restore

Follow all steps to restore or recover your computer system to an earlier time and date (restore point), before infection.

Please note that chances are this virus may delete all of your stored restore points and then you may need to switch to option 2 to try the troubleshoot now.

Removal Option 2-Remove the Ransomware using Anvi Rescue Disk

In most cases of computer infected by ransomware, your PC would be totally blocked from any operation, including safe mode runing. Then, you can use the Anvi Rescue Disk to fix the issue together with the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender. Some patience and time is needed for this removal emthod. If any question in the process, please feel free to send your email below to our online Technical Support for timely help.

Below is a video of ransomware removal using Anvi Rescue Disk for your reference.

Please kindly note that Rescue.iso is a large file to download; please be patient while it downloads.

Step 2> Record the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to USB drive.

You can also record the iso image to a CD/DVD. We will introduce the steps to record iso image to a CD/DVD in following guide.

To record the Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to USB drive:

1. Firstly find a clean computer with correct internet connection and then connect your USB driver to the clean computer. You’d better backup your important data and format your USB drive before using it to record the iso image.

5.Please close BootUsb.exe tool after you successfully burn the file to the USB drive when you get the following message.

Now, you have bootable Anvi Rescue Disk to repair your computer.

——Alternative Option

You can also record Anvi Rescue Disk iso image to a DV/DVD. Any CD/DVD record software is fine for burn iso image. If you don’t have any, you can download and install Nero Burning ROM and ImgBurn. Here we will use Nero Burning ROM for demonstration purpose.

Please open and start Nero Burning ROM and select Burn Image from the drop-down menu of the Recorder.

Restart your infected computer and configure it to boot from USB drive/DV/DVD that recorded Anvi Rescue Disk.

Basically , you can use F8 to load USB boot menu.

For different motherboard, you may need to use the Delete or F2, F11 keys, to load the BIOS menu. Normally, the information on how to enter the BIOS menu is displayed on the screen at the start of the OS boot.

The keys F1, F8, F10, F12 might be used for some motherboards, as well as the following key combinations:

After the repair, your computer should be clean and resuced from the evil claw of the ransomware infection. However, many professionally crafted ransomware variants have evolved to be very persistant, that is to say, harder to remove, so you are highly recommended to download the antimalware Anvi Smart Defender by clicking Yes button on the prompted window to fulfill the download.

After the download, please restart your computer to normal Windows mode and then go to the folder: C:\Users\[username]\Downloads

Find the downloaded file asdsetup.exe and double click its file to install it and then start it to perform a full scan on your computer sytem, in order to ensure the computer is clean from any associated infections or leftovers.

After the scan, remove any detected infections and then you can have a clean computer now.